As the crime rate soars across every large American city, so has something else: The number of police officers and other law enforcement officials being assaulted by criminals is also skyrocketing. According to data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, there were 79,091 law enforcement officers assaulted. That is the highest number reported for one single year in the past ten years.
While it is a nationwide problem, the southern part of the country seems to be where it has been the most prevalent. Even worse than assaults, from 2014 to 2023, the South had the largest number of police officers killed in the line of duty. However, in 2023, that percentage decreased by 38 percent from 32 deaths in 2022 down to 20 deaths in 2023. That number was the lowest number since 2015, when police officer deaths numbered 15.
The Radical Left’s extreme, pro-criminal agenda…
